The "Cradle of Civilization" trip is a ten-day tour that includes three nights in Athens, an overnight ferry to the Italian coastal city of Sorrento, and three days in Rome. This is a classic tour providing roundtrip airfare from Philadelphia International Airport, all in-country transportation, breakfast and dinner daily, and three- to four-star hotels in central locations. Our tour company, ACIS, provides a qualified tour manager for our entire stay.

In Greece, points of interest include guided tours of the Acropolis and Parthenon in Athens, the Acropolis museum, and the ancient Delphi site and museum.

In Italy, we will tour Pompeii, the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica, the Colosseum, the Duomo of Florence, and the Academia to see Michaelangelo’s Statue of David, plus many more side trips.

If you are interested, please contact Mrs. Jane Michael at jmichael@johncarroll.org. You may also go to the ACIS website and search tours for “Cradle of Civilization” for a day-to-day itinerary and pricing. The earlier you sign up, the better the price is. Also, you can make payments on a monthly schedule with ACIS.

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About our travel partner, ACIS

ACIS is a highly-respected tour company catering to high school students. John Carroll has been traveling with ACIS since 1988. ACIS defines its travel mission in the following way: "ACIS – The Leader of Quality Educational Travel in educational travel, every moment matters. Pushing the experience from ‘good enough’ to exceptional is what we do every day. Our mission is to empower educators to introduce their students to the world beyond the classroom and inspire the next generation of global citizens. Travel changes lives."